Reinventing Olive Oil
Large olive producers, civil servants, and scientists get together. Their aim: to transform olive oil manufacture. Their market: an international one beyond the Mediterranean that will pay twice the current…
Read moreMole and the Mediterranean: Some Reflections
Thanks to all who have brought mole poblano and the medieval Mediterranean up again and for the clarifying comments. Here are my thoughts on what I take to be Tim’s…
Read moreWhere does Mole Come From? From the Mediterranean or from Mexico?
I write this in large part in response to Colman Andrew’s interesting comment on my post on a recipe using Catalan picada. In it he concedes that mole has pre-hispanic…
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